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blindworm

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted bdilmnorwStarts with BEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A limbless burrowing amphibian, or sometimes a slowworm.

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English blynde worme, equivalent to blind + worm due to its very small eyes. Cognate with Swedish blindorm, blindödla.

Used in a sentence

  • You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong, Come not near our fairy queen.
  • "But I'll give you a bit of advice! Take a blindworm - I'll find you one - and ram it into the barrel of your gun and then fire it, after that you may try what powder and shot will do."

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